WorldPoint names Brown VP, e-commerce business development
WorldPoint Logistics, based in Seattle, has named Thomas R. Brown vice president of e-commerce business development.
''''Brown was president of RISS/USSI, an intermodal marketing company owned by WorldPoint.
''''Jack Edwards, president and chief executive officer of WorldPoint, said that “a substantial buildup of e-commerce companies” provides “a number of options for us. We could acquire companies, form long-term partnerships, or do equity swaps.”
''''”Web-based technologies facilitate integration among shippers’ and carriers’ systems and allow both to reduce costs,” said Brown, who will report directly to Edwards.